it. i love that boy. plus he was my only son. i love him and miss him. i see his face every night. >> reporter: police say pritchet was stalked inside the mall. a man, jurmel spotted him and called his friend, frank williams, who they say drove there with two other men, william ward and tyrone brown. they used cell phones to stake him out. with brown eventually pulling the trigger. police say he shot pridget several times. >> the four suspects were all associates. exactly the nature of their association, we are not sure of. that's still under investigation. what their relationship was to the victim, still under investigation. they've had to look at this footage, evaluate it, try to put it together like the pieces of a puzzle. >> reporter: at this point, police are not saying why these four targeted pridget, in violence that scared shoppers and left his loved ones heartbroken. >> reporter: and the victim's dad says his son was getting his ged. he was trying to put his life together. the accused triggerman, tyrone brown, is the youngest of those arrested, just 19 years old, just like the victim. live at towson town center, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. mary? >> all right, mike. thank you. all four suspects are being held at the baltimore county detention center. a potential threat discovered inside luggage at bwi marshall airport. vic is in the newsroom with details of the unusual security scare. >> reporter: tsa agents found a cattle prod in the passenger's carry-on bag. the person tried to bring the device onto the plane, headed for albany, new york. cow prods are capable of delivering a high-voltage shock. police cited the passenger on state charges, and the incident did not impact the report operations. kai, back to you. >> thank you. the tsa says even common items can be used to hide a potential threat. two organizations, working to improve women's health, as the susan g. komen foundation says, it will no longer conduct breast examinations done by planned parenthood. there is strong reaction around the country and here in maryland. >> one thing is for certain. this has set off a wave of anger, among women who support both organizations. >> reporter: through its massive races and pink ribbon campaigns, the susan g. komen foundation has raised nearly $2 billion for breast cancer research. and for years, they have been giving money to planned parenthood to fund breast exams. but this week, the komen foundation said it is cutting ties to planned pairchtd hood. the founder blames stringent new eligibility standards. >> regrettably, this strategic shift will affect any number of long-standing partners. but we have always done what is right for our organization. >> reporter: but planned parenthood says its history of providing abortions is what is really behind the split. >> this decision, as unfortunate as it is, was the result of a political pressure campaign, kind of a bullying effort against the komen foundation, trying to get them to break this relationship with planned parenthood. >> reporter: the split will not affect any of the eight maryland planned pairpt hood branches, which don't receive any of the susan komen foundation, though they do conduct any of the 5,000 each year. and while it has upset many maryland women. >> they should have stopped. >> reporter: others support the move, shocked to learn komen had any connection to planned parenthood. >> i think it's unfair for that money. because people were giving it for one charity. and/or one health issue. and really had no idea that money was going to go anywhere else. >> planned parenthood said there is an up side, ever since this began, they have been able to raise more than $400,000 for people who were upset with this decision from the susan g. komen foundation. we're live, derek valcourt. >> last year alone, planned parenthood received $700,000 from the susan g. komen foundation. a surprise endorsement on the campaign trail. two days before the nevada caucuses, donald trump throws his support behind mitt romney, instead of newt gingrich. if celebrity tycoon donald trump could hire a new president, he would choose mitt romney. >> mitt is tough. he's smart. he's sharp. he's not going to allow bad things to continue to happen. >> reporter: the real estate mogul and the candidate stood side by side at trump's hotel in las vegas. romney already enjoying a double-digit lead going into saturday's nevada caucuses. >> there are some things you can't imagine having in your life. this is one of them. >> reporter: romney wants trump on the campaign trail. despite a few polls showing trump's endorsement could hurt instead of help. gingrich brushed the announcement aside. >> let me just say first of all that i like hiring people. >> reporter: away from the money and glitz of the las vegas strip is a nevada that feels forgotten. the state has the highest unemployment and foreclosure rates in the country. at 74, clara greer is preparing to be homeless. >> because of circumstances that i couldn't have foarp seen. i'm in -- foreseen, i'm in a way that i'm about to lose everything. >> reporter: she's one of about 166,000 outof work residents in the state and her unemployment benefits run out at the end of the month. greer's home is in foreclosure. she declared bankruptcy just last week. >> do you think any of the candidates understand the problems that you have gone through? >> no. i truly don't think so. >> reporter: as for whether any candidate will help make her situation better, greer says don't bet on it. in las vegas, nevada, bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. >> rick santorum and ron paul are also campaigning in nevada. a recent poll gives santorum 11% of the vote. and paul 9%. well, where is winter if you care? some people have that question on their mind. others are just enjoying this beautiful february weather. the conditions are perfect for walking around beautiful ellicott city, where people enjoyed shopping without their heavy jackets this afternoon. and even sitting outside for a coffee. how nice. well, tonight, the skies are cloudy but beautiful again. still not much to complain about as we take a live look outside. wjz is live with first warning weather. meteorologist tim williams and bob turk are tracking this stretch of unbelievable weather. we're going to start inside with bob. >> it has been an amazing stretch there. forget what the groundhog says. we'll have to wait to see what happens this coming six weeks or so. it's winter, no matter the kind of weather we have. it's still winter. take a look at radar. one little sprinkle down here across the northern neck of virginia. we had rain across southern areas of our region. but that's way off. way down to 50 degrees, still well above normal this time of year. temperatures around this state, out ranging from 37 in oakland. yes, it's a little chilly. 43 in hagerstown. and 51 over in washington. so how have temperatures been in the last week or so? and how does it compare with what's normal? tim has a look at those numbers. >> reporter: well, we have been talking about these temperatures being so far above normal. and for such a long stretch at a time. let's give you perspective on this. right now, the average high is around 42 degrees. it's fluctuated maybe a degree or two. but 42 is the average. we started and went to 66 tuesday, 70 wednesday. and today, we topped out right around 56. you have to go all the way back, almost 10 days or so, to january 22nd, to find the last day that we were below the average high. it was 31 degrees on january 22nd. and that was the last time we were anywhere near the 30s in our more recent forecast. it has been an incredible stretch. and it continues through the weekend. bob has your complete first warning forecast coming up. back inside. maryland gets the environmental all-clear to pursue wind farm development off the coast of ocean city. governor martin o'malley is making wind powers his energy priority this session. wjz is live downtown. political reporter pat warren has more on a major announcement made today. >> hi, kai. the u.s. secretary of the interior was here today to make a major announcement that is almost certain to influence maryland's future. >> reporter: ocean city's beach front property is prime real estate. but it's the potential of catching the energy investors. the way the wind blows across the atlantic makes it an energy windfall. >> we could produce, if we were smart about it, up to a thousand giga watts of power off the atlantic. that's a lot of power. that's more than the entire nation's present electric- generating capacity. >> reporter: but groups like the fisherman's association, worried about driving away the marine life. >> in baltimore today, the secretary of interior announced that offshore wind farms have cleared the environmental hurdle, and leases could be issued by the end of the year. >> there was no significant environmental impact from the development of wind energy. >> in his state of the state address, o'malley urged the assembly to pass its offshore energy act which allows energies to pass on the cost. >> i look forward to being able to sign legislation that their committees are put forward this session. >> reporter: the green light from the feds may help that along. >> the energy is there. we need the energy. we have the resource. we need the jobs. and we need a more renewable and cleaner, greener future for our kids. >> reporter: now, the governor's bill gets a hearing in the general assembly on february 14th. reporting from the inner harbor, i'm pat warren. back to you on tv hill. >> the u.s. bureau of ocean city management could begin soliciting bids within the next several months. still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 5:00. an update on those abused animals inside a maryland home. how you can help the surviving pets. baltimore is gaining a new corporate headquarters. but find out who is losing out. i'm mike schuh. the story is next. i'm ron matz, at the homes of bergeres cookies, where there is a new twist on this baltimore classic. the story coming up here on wjz. the weekend is one day closer. can we expect more warm weather? bob has more on the updated forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, when constellation energy and exelon merge, their combined corporate headquarters will be in chicago. but some of their business will remain in baltimore. as mike schuh reports, not everyone is happy with their new building within the location of the city. >> reporter: the key to having more workers anywhere here in baltimore begins in annapolis. merger approval from the state was granted only after exelon promised to build a headquarters for its training operations in baltimore. >> well, first of all, we were excited that they were staying in the city and staying doubt. >> reporter: of the five possible sites, two like this one at the visitor's center and this one, across the world trade center, are on the inner harbor. this one is a couple of blocks back. and this one is next to the headquarters. >> for the last eight months, we have been advocating for sites in the core of downtown. the historic core of downtown. >> reporter: but exelon isn't going downtown. they're going to an area to a site near the legg mason building. >> here, the plant has been cleaned up. but harbor east is not technically downtown. which is something the chief salesman for downtown laments. because he doesn't feel that this area needs to have incentive, to get buildings built. >> we are disappointed. yes, we're happy that they've choans the city. chosen the city. but they're not in the center of downtown, which i think would have been much more appealing to the employees. >> fells point is up about the move. more workers mean more foot traffic. more eyes mean more like this. >> we sell everything from $2 to $5,000. so traffic always helps because you get people coming back. >> reporter: federal approval of the merger could happen next month of the new building opening in three years. in harbor east, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. >> exelon says the move and construction will mean 6,000 jobs for baltimore. if you're waiting for somebody to get home from work, let's check in on our roads right now, here's kristy breslin, at wjz traffic control. definitely a lot busier out there. traveling the harrisburg expressway. in that northbound direction, expect 20 minutes there if shawan road to belfast. the north side inner loop, also heavy in that direction, from the harrisburg expressway, over to 95. another 20 minutes to get through that delay. on the southwest side inner loop, delays pretty heavy there, as well from southwestern boulevard to 70. and 70 westbound, really jammed up there from 29 to marriottsville road. 795 in the northbound direction, we have an accident at owings mills boulevard, attracting a lot of attention. another accident, security boulevard at woodlawn. and we do have an update on the situation in the reisterstown area. reisterstown road at franklin boulevard. there was a pedestrian struck in that area. all lanes are blocked. so to get around that, take berryman's lane as your alternate. let's take a live look. you can see, we have heavy congestion there. as you can see on the left-hand side of your screen on the beltway, west of york road, this traffic report is brought to you by pizza bolis. introducing five burrows pizza. -- boroughs pizza. you can get a large pizza for only $9. back to you. if you have been in baltimore for a while, you have no doubt enjoyed a bergeres cookie or two or three or four. the chocolate treat is a long- time favorite. for a while, there's a new twist to this charm city classic. >> reporter: enter the home of bergeres cookie. and you'll find out they're all hand made. and baltimoreans buy them, to the tune of 20,000 cookies per week. >> that's a lot of cookies, huh? >> a lot of cookies. >> and christmastime it sometimes doubles because of the volume for gifts and stuff. >> reporter: now, you can go retro. bergeres is making limited edition strawberry, rum and lemon cookies. the perry family has theirs. >> i'm just excited to see them because my dad used to bring them hoamg from the market -- home from the market when i was little. and my kids have never seen anything but the chocolate. >> yeah. that's extra chocolate, right? >> yeah. >> what are you going to do with that? >> you can have it. >> really? now you're talking. thank you very much. >> you like that, huh? >> do i. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: the cakes are work of of art. the employees make it all happen. the recipe has been the same since 1835. all that chocolate, sitting on a vanilla wafer. >> we don't skimp on the chocolate. you find one that doesn't have quite as much quhokalate, and -- chocolate, and somebody is making your cookie. >> that's very cool. the limited edition cookies can only be purchased online or ordered by phone. they will be available for just a few more days. >> ron was going to be here to present the story. but he's at the dentist now. >> i like him. >> he brought some back and they were gone in 20 minutes. >> if that. >> gone. let's take a look at temperatures around the region. i couldn't find any. >> i know. 50 degrees now. dew point at 30 degrees. humidity, not too bad at 45%. barometer on the way back up. come back and take a look at friday and the weekend. there is the sunset right after this. ,,,, -dad, why are you getting that? 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[ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ well, in case you forgot. today is groundhog day. and as we enjoy unseasonably weather, punxsutawney phil brings us back to reality. >> as i look at the crowd on gobblers nob, many shadows do i see. six more weeks of winter it must be. >> thousands of people watched as the world's most famous groundhog emerged from his pennsylvania layer to see his shadow. outside, people are wondering if we'll see any real signs of winter this season. i am not wondering that, though. >> that poor groundhog, though. snatching him out of his lair. >> he doesn't say what kind of winter we are going to have. maybe if you have 75 degrees, you'll have 75 degrees for the next six weeks. but there are some signs that in about 10 days from now, things could get pretty cold around here. and that hasn't happened really all winter long, except very quick hits, one or two days. that's about it. but there seems to be a consensus in all the models models that maybe by next weekend, we get cold temperatures around here for a few more days. take a look at temperatures now. we're at 54 degrees. up in punxsutawney, it's 33 degrees. 37 in oakland. 49 in ocean city. 51 over in washington. it's dried out. we have a little cloud cover this morning. a little rain south of washington. we only had 1/100th of an inch south of the city. 49, annapolis. 49, kent island. 45 in bel air. 57, 48 today. well above normal again. but yesterday, we were 70. remember that. 42, 25 the normals. and the record, 71, 1967. and 1961, 1 above zero. right now, we still have a pretty good breeze out of that north/northwest, which brought in cooler air. 23-mile-an-hour winds in elkton. right now, dead calm over in ocean city. the rain this morning for the most part, moved through west virginia and virginia. and offshore. none of it was very heavy. high pressure building from the great lakes. that means winds generally out of the northwest. still clouds to the north. here's the rain as it moves off this afternoon. temperatures over the next several days are going to be cooler than they have been. but still running above average for this time of year. and there's a weak system out to the west. it will probably bring clouds within saturday night and sunday morning. it will be cooler this weekend. primarily because of the flow out of the north and northwest. so saturday night and sunday morning, a warm front approaching from the west, brings some clouds, perhaps a little light precip early on sunday morning. west winds on the bay, 5 to 10 knots. bay temp, around 41 degrees. so the forecast then for tonight. it will clear out later on. clouds right now. but it will get down to about 32. the average, though, once again, is 25, under clear skies. tomorrow, a lot of sunshine. really, a nice day. normal high is only 42. so about 50 degrees tomorrow. still feels nice. won't be that breezy either. >> feels good for friday. thanks, bob. still ahead at 5:00, everyone. one woman battles an auto giant. why honda is being forced to pay an unsatisfied customer. frantic rescue at sea. what caused the boat to go under? a dangerous security lapse at a soccer game. the accusa -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? 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>> he is jailed on $23 million bail. he'll face multiple life sentences if convicted. a disaster in the south pacific. a ferry capsizes with over 300 people aboard. photos show the rescue efforts taking place about 10 miles off the coast of new guinea. more than 230 people have been pulled from the sea. but dozens are still missing. government officials say the ferry capsized in rough waters and sank about four hours later. the cause of the accident has not been determined. egypt is still reeling from a deadly soccer riot. as tina kraus reports for wjz, three days of mourning are under way after dozens of people are killed in a stampede. >> reporter: angry egyptians marched through the streets to bury the dead after a soccer massacre. at least 74 people died wednesday night when home team fans burst onto the field at a stadium in port said. many fans were suffocated or crushed to death trying to escape through a narrow exit. some were thrown from the tops of the bleachers. others attacked with knives and clubs. protests are now under way across the country. many egyptians blame riot police for standing by and doing nothing about the violence and the stampede that followed. some politicians believed the security lapse was intentional, to fuel chaos in the country after last february's fall of president hosni mubarak. these aren't hooligans. they're sports fanatics, these lawmakers say, we've witnessed an organized scene of chaos. egypt's prime minister called an emergency session of parliament and accused forces of hesitating to act and putting them in danger. he said he fired every member of the soccer federation and put them under investigation. the police chief and governor of port sayede have resigned, over the world's worst soccer violence in 15 years. tina kraus, wjz eyewitness news. >> the riot came on the one- year anniversary of one of the most violent days in the uprising against former president hosni mubarak. the government's list of suspected terrorists banned from flying within the united states has doubled. the no-fly list grew from 10,000 names to 21,000 over the past year. officials attribute the increase to changes sparked by an attempted terrorist attack on christmas day 2009. since then, the government has lowered the requirements for adding a person to the list. police in kansas city, missouri, released video of the night they responded to the call that 10-month-old lisa irwin had disappeared. >> my daughter is missing. she's been gone. [ inaudible ] and i didn't miss anything. >> it's hard to understand, but baby lisa was last seen in her crib, october 4th. nearly four months later, no arrests have been made. and suspicion continues to fall on her parents, jeremy irwin and debbie bradley. now, the couple will appear on dr. phil tomorrow and share their theories on what happened to their daughter. you can see their interview right here on wjz 13 at 3:00. it's david versus goliath. as one woman wins a lawsuit against honda. the auto giant is ordered to pay for misleading the woman about her vehicle's gas mileage. other dissatisfied car buyers may soon follow. >> i couldn't be happier. i couldn't be more excited. >> reporter: to many, heather peter's case seemed like just another frivolous lawsuit. the complaint, her 2006 hybrid failed to get the 50 miles per gallon advertised by hond a. >> it only got 23.9 miles. >> reporter: peters took on the auto giant in small claims court, dropping out of a class action lawsuit that offered customers a couple hundred dollars. peters, herself an attorney, decided to argue her own case. >> i decided to go on my own. >> reporter: a supreme court judge sided with peters, awarding her nearly $10,000. and chiding honda for misleading buyers. honda will continue to file fightit -- fight it. >> it starts with this one $10,000 judgment. but when others file and hundreds of thousands of people file, it could end up in the billions of dollars. >> reporter: and peters is urging 200,000 other plaintiffs to sue. she set up a website called don't settle with honda.org. she's also renewing her law license so she can help those who want to take on the car company. >> it's justice in a very small place. but it proves that sometimes the little guy wins. >> reporter: and this small victory could become a big headache for honda. for cbs, i'm ben tracy, in los angeles. >> the limit for small claims damages in california is $10,000. in other states, it ranges from $2500 to $15,000. some new information tonight about who and what may be on the chopping block, as american airlines considers cutting 13,000 jobs. most of the cuts will likely be mechanics, ground workers and baggage handlers. the company is proposing eliminating 8,000 of them and 2300 flight attendants' jobs, along with 400 pilots. if unions and american can't agree on this, a bankruptcy judge will have to. time now for a quick look at the stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. a list of financial contributors to the martin o'malley-led democratic governors association, includes several cars vying for business here in maryland. orioles pitcher chris tillman talks about his off- season workouts with brady anderson. and a look at black history month events in the baltimore area. for all of these stories, read the baltimore sun. and remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. the tony award-winning musical, fiddler on the roof, is now playing at the lyric opera house. and the lead actor is from the baltimore area. he talks to andrea fujii, about how he enjoys performing for a hometown crowd. >> it's one of the most recognizable songs from "fiddler on the roof." and the deep voice behind it, spent years in the baltimore area. >> i've got a good number of people coming to see the show. but yeah, it's going to be great. it's going to be fun. i'm looking forward to it. >> reporter: born ask raised-- and raised in washington, d.c., he most recently lived in clintonville. he played in the musical. >> it's probably one of the best written roles in musical theater. you get to go through a full range of emotion. >> it is about a milk man and father, as he experiences his wife's challenges in russia's early 1900s. he has performed in his hometown four times. and for anyone who hasn't seen the musical live. >> the thing about this show, this is history. this is something that everybody can relate to. because there is something in that that affects everybody's life. >> reporter: fiddler on the roof will be playing here at the lyric opera house, february 2nd through 4th. i'm andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> priest currently lives in illinois. he also has produced and directed more than 35 musicals. and still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. saved by a record-breaking surgery. how this little girl survived a life-threatening tumor. high schoolers suffer from a mysterious illness in new york. who is joining the investigation? bob turk. first warning weather center. a tad cooler this weekend. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. ,,,,, i just had it with cable. it just got more frustrating and frustrating. a lot of times, the picture would break up. for the amount of money that i am paying, my cable company should take care of me. 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meteorologist tim williams and bob turk have a look at what we can expect tomorrow and over the next few days. bob? >> all right. tomorrow looks like a day similar to today. but more sunshine. it will be chillier in the morning. i'm talking temperatures right around the freezing mark. but in the afternoon, getting up close to 50, which is still about 6, 7, 8 degrees above average for this time of year. tim has a look at the weekend and beyond. tim? >> deputily, -- definitely, as bob mentioned, we're going to be down to 32 tonight. for the next five days, really the milder temperatures. temperatures above normal, are continuing. 47 on saturday. 49 on sunday. look for 49. we'll call it 50 on sunday and monday. and 52 on tuesday. now, for your energy saver tip of the day. seal off unused rooms, as long as that room is less than 100 square feet. and is not the room where the thermostat is located. closing the floor and wall registers and return air vents, and keeping the doors closed, will keep heat flowing into the areas where it's needed. for more information on how you can become an energy saver, go to wjz.com, and scroll down the right-hand side of the page and click on our special section. >> the government is now joining the investigation into the mysterious illness, affecting 15 high school students in new york. epa officials are conducting tests near the school, where a train derailed in the 1970s and spilled cyanide and other chemicals. the teens recently developed symptoms similar to turrets syndrome. investigators say it is unlikely the chemicals are the cause, but they're trying to rule out all options. a little girl is saved in a first of its kind operation in boston. the 9-year-old received six transplants after she was diagnosed with a rare tumor that wrapped itself around her pancreas, liver, explain, stomach, small intestine. the tumor threatened to cut often blood supply to all of those organs. doctors say the surgery was a success and her family is grateful. >> they gave us something back. and they gave us back her life. she finally has a shot at a normal life. >> the girl will still have to take medication to keep her body from rejecting the medication, but she can go back and live a normal life. now in short supply. stores in some parts of the country are having trouble keeping it on store shelves. ines ferre reports, the reason may surprise you. >> reporter: gail wolfe buys organic milk because she believes it is better for her kids. >> is it expensive? yes. do my kids drink tons of milk? is it worth it to reduce their chemical exposure? absolutely. >> reporter: now, shortages are being seen in several parts of the country. some stores are having trouble keeping it in stock and posting signs apologizing for empty shelves. >> reporter: but the reason for the organic milk shortage is not how much people are drinking. it's the cost of what cows are eating. >> reporter: organic farmer clifford brunner says his cows can only eat crops crops that have never been treated with pesticides. that makes the organic feed much more expensive, up 40% in the past year. >> that's not just pocketbook. cuts out your profits entirely. >> reporter: because of the high cost, brunner and others across the country are forced to cut back on the amount they feed the cows. and the less a cow eats, the less milk they produce. >> when you feed less grain, you make less milk. so you make less money. >> reporter: the tank holds 600 gallons. >> reporter: brunner's bottom line is to produce milk. in march, they will start paying more for their milk. but that will mean higher prices at the store for shoppers like gail wolf. >> we're not going to stop buying organic. >> reporter: she says for her family, the extra cost is worth it. in cooperstown, new york, ines ferre, wjz eyewitness news remember. >> depending on what brand you buy, a gallon of organic milk could cost $2 more than regular milk. check in for all new stories coming up. vic is in the newsroom with a preview. milk of a different kind does a body good. but some people are getting sick from one farm. what you need to know. the man who attacked another person on an mta bus. check in for these stories and all the breaking news at 6:00. back to you. still to come on wjz eyewitness news. four days into the super bowl. and the question in baltimore is, can joe flacco lead the ravens to the big game sometime soon? 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[ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. ed soobl -- the super bowl is coming up on sunday. and ravens are already planning how to make it to the big game next year. sports director mark viviano joins us with the very latest on this. mark? >> well, mary, the patriots and the giants are the ones taking center stage in super bowl xlvi. both teams are led by quarterbacks who have already won championships. new york's eli manning has hoisted it. there are constant questions about joe flacco and whether he is a super bowl caliber quarterback. twice, leading his team to the conference title game. even outplayed tom brady in the loss to new england this year. ravens' leadership wants to put the question to rest. flacco can and will be a clampion -- champion as far as they're concerned. >> when you're in this business, you get judged on one thing. winning. and if he continues to win, if one pass is caught, he'll be in the super bowl. and i think he'll win the super bowls, a lot of them. and i hope to be part of it. but he has improved. but the things we cannot knock about joe is, he's a winner. >> we've got four good years out of joe. he's trending up. this is the sweet spot for him, years 5 through 10. >> and that would mean at least five more years of flacco as the ravens' qb. he has one year remaining on the team's current contract. but the team says it will begin negotiating a contract extension for flacco soon. coming up next hour, what else do the ravens like about their future? a super bowl update from indy. and another free agent gets details. back to you. a dramatic rescue in california, as one man is pulled from a trench, where he was trapped for more than three hours. the 50-year-old became stuck, buried up to his neck in heavy dirt. rescuers managed to pull him out and pull him to safety. the damp earth collapsed around him. he suffered only minor injuries. a mystery light show is caught on tape, in the skies over oklahoma and texas. take a look. you'll see at the top left side of your screen, that little fire ball, the federal aviation administration says is likely a meteor. it streaked across the sky for at least 500 miles. cited to be as far south as houston, texas. still to come on wjz eyewitness news. >> murder at the mall. i'm mike hellgren at towson town center. i'll tell you how police made four arrests in the killing of a teenager here at the height of the holiday shopping season. and the victim's father speaks to wjz. the car on the left was filled up with low detergent gasoline. while the car on the right was filled up with bp gasoline with invigorate. which helps clean and protect its engine so it can get a few more miles per tank than the car on the left. go a little farther with bp gasoline with invigorate. murder at the mall. a man gunned down at the towson town center. who police now have under arrest the and how they tracked him down. funding for planned parenthood takes another hit. this time from a group that also focuses on women's health. i'm derek valcourt. i'll explain coming up on eyewitness news. another incredible, spring- like evening. but are changes coming just in time for the weekend? don't miss the updated first warning forecast. check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now. cold-blooded crime. a young man gunned down at busy towson town center, during the holidays. >> tonight, the suspect in custody and the motive for the murder. hello, everyone. i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> the crime sparked fear at the very height of the christmas shopping season. a man shot to death in the parking lot at the towson town center. tonight, four men are in custody for that murder.